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question of happy union of capital and labor
than anything else, yet this is only salts
factory when business is done at profit. 1t
fails to cover when there is disastrous years
business, and the best of concerns sometimes
lose money. The risk is all on one side, and
capital hesitates to take it; hence but very few
attempts have been made TO operate bust
ness under the proft-sharing plan. The
strongest argument in its favor is that each
workman feels that his own personal efforts
will add to his wages, but he never will agree
to stand any loss that may occur, and the one
thing offsets the other. After all, these
various plans to adjust the differences that
are raised between employer and employee are
experiments which, as yet, have not been sue
cessful, and BUSINESS will have to be carried
on in the old way few years longer, until
men can agree in earnest to live up to the
golden rule to "do unto others as you would
be done by.D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
COMMENT AND OPINION.

No real estate agent is George Washington
to his Office boy.-New York Journal.
AFTER the awful disaster at Kouts, Ind.
there was loud cry all over the land that the
tear stoves must CO." They have not gone yet.
1t viii take few more disasters to get them
started.-Chicago Journal
AS the Democrats have a majority over all of
only eleven votes in the next Congress- they
will probably perceive the necessity of going
somewhat slow with any disturbing measures of
legslation.-Boston journal
THE general falling off in the Tabor vote" is
significant of the fact that there is no basis for a
distinctive labor party" In this country. The re
is no ..cause of labor distinct from the of
the whole people. Philadelphia Inquirer
GREATER courage, clearer perception of the
real political situation. greater reliance on the
strength of sound principles and right methods
these what the Republican party in this
State needs in its leadership.-New York Mail
and Express
LABOR unions under whatever name awaken
expectations that cannot be fulfilled. Co oper-
alton is good. arbitration is good but after all,
mans success in life depends himself All
that these means do. all that legislation can
do is to assure to each man among us greater
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

freedom of action. greater freedom of choice,
greater security for his wages his savings, his
property. louisville Courier-Journa1.
THE strong right arm of the 60, 900. 900 of peo-
pie was back of that sheriff in Chicago, and
agitators would better not forget it. New York
Tribune.
THE recollection that ne-seventh Of the post
offices in the country still filed by Republic
ans is all that keeps the cookies of the mug
wumps' hearts warm this chilly administration
weather. But wait until January freezes out
more of that lingering seventh.-Bufalo Ex-
press.
Mr.. sHERMAN's plan of reducing the surplus
will attract attention. Any proposition which
comes from this able statesman deserves con-
sideration. But with the highest respect for his
Judgment he will find many dissenting. both
from his idea of leaving the whisky tax un..
touched and from his other leading point of
abolishing the duty sugar.--PhiladeIphia
Press.
THE fight is fairly on, and nothing but disaster
can come to the Republican party from any
further attempt at eonciliating the liquor inter
est. The saloons of the United States are per-
manently Democratic The intelligent and
temperate masses viii stand by the Republican
party if it stands by them, and has the full eour
age of the convictions its platforms express.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

ments in the mineral lands of northern Wis
consin. That is perfectly legitimate and all
right. He has the reputation of being a
shrewd business man, and if he has been able
to make a fortune legitimately and without
prejudice to the public interests committed to
his hands it is nobody's business But what
will the able Democratic papers say that have
been in the habit for years past of abusing
prominent Republicans who have made mon
ey while in Office. calling them thieves, cor
ruptionists, etc. The theory of the able ed
itors has been that public man had no right
to look after his private affairs and if he add
ed TO his fortune while in office the presump-
ton was that he was thief. The case of
Postmaster-general Villas ought to suggest to
them that perhaps they have shown them
selves to be asses of a very malignant and
stupid kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE terrible disaster which occurred Satur-
day night in the English channel, few miles
carelessness that would be surprising If such
revelations were not so frequent. When the
boats came to be lowered, it was found that
three out of five we're unseaworthy and use
less Doubtless the shocking loss Of life was
due in part to this fact. Somebody ought to
suffer for such criminal blunders as this, but,
as rule, nobody does except the unfortunate
rictins
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE cost of the late election in New York
city, according to the World, was nearly ST.
900, 900. There were seventy-six Offices to be
filed in the city and county, and 333 candi-
dates Of all parties. Some of the candidates
for judicial positions spent as high as $4,000
to secure election and many of the candidates
for other offices spent from ten to fifteen
thousand dollars each. These figures show
that none but the wealthy stand any
chance in politics in New York, and. in some
degree, account for the corruption that at
taches to municipal and county government
there. Judicial officers who pay such sums
to be elected are very apt to get back their
money in questionable ways, and members of
the Assembly and aldermanic bodies sell their
votes for all kinds of schemes, like the Broad
way franchise, and get even that way. In
the end the people pay these vast amounts,
and it is wonder that they do not openly re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
Democratic Economx.

Waship Rton RepubIican.
Will some mathematical expert from the
Treasury Department., or elsewhere, please ex
plain how IL is that in this year OF grace and re-
form. Mt the high tide of Jeffersonian simplicity
and Democ ratio economy, it so happens that the
s..ordinary expenditures of the government were
$25. 449. 04l Al moro than they were the previous
year, These the official figures Furnished by
a Democratic Treasurer. or We shonld have be-
leved II be q wicked CAMPAIGN lie concei ed
in iniauity and born In sin. to iniure an econom-
ical Democratic administration. But these are
the official figures; and, since
member, there Was S11 900. 600 river and har-
Dor bill and 5000 deficiency bill that
failed for want of time to sign or something OF
that kind. How terrible it would have been
had these bills passed and the increased expend-
iture mounted up to nearly S45 GOO 900. Econo-
mr. shudders at the thought Jeffersonian SIM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
CoMsTOCK's RAID.
Not War Upon Art-He Explains the Kuoed
Ter Affair and Cites Legal Authorities.

Not n War Upon Art-He Explains the Kuoed-
Ter A fair and Cites Legal Authorities.
New York World.
'.Some of the papers are attacking me be-
cause on my own responsibility / have begun a
upon art in this Knoedler prosecution" said
Attorney Comstock to reporter. The fact is
that before applying for warrant | submitted
some of the photographs procured from knoed-
of his assistant. Colonel Fellows and they
We're both of opinion that the photographs came
within the description of articles the public sale
OF which is forbidden by the statute. Then I
applied for and obtained a warrant. As to the
result of the prosecution am not loosing any
sleep. / have obtained about twenty conyie-
tons for the sale of pictures of this kind. and
have seized thousands of them But the retail
dealers from whom sieZed them have very
properly objected that the importers from
whom the pictures were obtained went un-
whipped of justice. The knoedlers are the only
house importing these photographs, and the
fact that 1T is reputedly wealthy ana long
established concern does not place it above the
law"
Mr. Comstock quoted from the charge of
Judge Brady, and the opinions of the General
Term and tho court of appeals in the Muller
case, a letter written by James Mccartney,
Attorney general Of the State of Illinois in 1883.
an opinion by the Chief-justice Cockburn. Of
England. and other high legal authorities, to
show that he was fully sustained In the action
he had taken He added that it was an insult
to artists to call these meretriciouS photographs
works of art and said that he would be perfect
~ willing, if the law would pefmit him to do so,
to submit to jury of artists the question as TO
whether art or indecency was the predomlnatng
characteristic of photographs which reproduced
and made prominent the vicious points. and re-
legated to obscurity all that was redeemlng III
the original work
Moreover some of the photographs seized
already condemned by New York courts he
added.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

II would seem that Japan is suffering from
the liquor traffic, as her neighbor, China, is
from the opium trade, and in both cases the
heather have to thank Christian nations for
introducing the curse. DR.. Holland, natural
ist to the United States eclipse expedition,
now in Japan, writes that European and
American drinking customs rapidly grow
ing there. ''The native rice wine" he says,
with about the strength of table sherry, was
bad enough when used to excess, but Japan
to-day is being flooded from abroad with alco-
holic drinks, good, bad and Indifferent 1t is
impossible to find a town of any Importance
in which there are not large shops filled with
beer, wine and distilled spirits bearing the
marks of Western makers" We trust the
Japanese will be able TO keep the saloon out of
politics 1t would be pity for once sober
and respectable heather to be brought to that
mass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER's position in the
next Senate will be grand, gloomy and pecul-
lar. AS the sole proprietor of a casting vote,
which he proposes to use regardless of party,
he becomes an object of special interest. Mr..
Riddleberger knows how TO make the most of
such position. and the indications are that
he intends to do 50. He says that on the con-
tested election cases he will be 'sguided by
the evidence as judge of the Supreme Court
would, and render his decision according to
the evidence. Mr.. Riddleberger seems to
have COMPOUNDED the functions of the Su-
preme Court with those of petit jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
The Garnbetta Monument.

Paris Dispatch to London Daily Te:eeraph.
There is hitch in the construction and prep
aration of the really splendid monument TO
Leon Gambetta which is to ornament the vast
square of the Louvre. Visitors and Parisians
can see the top of the monument. with some of
its inscriptions. rising grit with scaffolding,
over the strong boarding which surrounds it 1t
stands on the left of the square going riverward
from the Rue Rivoli. and nearly faces the famous
gate of the Place de Carrousel. which led
into the Tuileries, and the portals of which
is placed the ponapous inscription about
Napoleon's rapid rush back from Boulogne. where
he was contemplating invasion of England TO
the banks of the Danube. 1t appears that the
delay in the work connected with the monuments
is caused by the fact that Barbedienne has not
yet forwarded to the contractors the allegorical
figures in bronze which to ornament the
pedestal It is expected, however that the work
can be resumed about the 10Th of the present
month. and that the whole of the monument viii
be ready for Inauguration about Jan. I, 1889,
that is to say. for the fifth anniversary of the
tribune's death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
VETERANS PRACTICALLY A UNIT.
Vote a Dependent Pensions Biil-The
President to Have Another Chance.

Vote on a Dependent Pensions BuI-The
President to Have Another Chance.
Minneapolis Special
The Grand Army of the Republic proposes to
give President Cleveland another chance to put
himself on record as to the claims of the men
who saved this country twenty-five years ago"
said one of the officials at the national head
quarters
The occasion of the remark was the packing
of box containing the vote of the Grand Army
Posts OF the country on the new dependent pen
sion bill, which Is to be introduced in Congress
this winter. Ever since the veto of the de-
pendent pension bill. passed by the last Con-
gress, the Grand Army leaders have been at
work a pension bill that would meet the neces-
stiles of the case and at the same time do away if
possible, with the Presidents objections. The
pensions committee finally under instructions
from the National Encampment, prepared bill
which has been submitted IN detail to every post
in the country. This bill is short, intellg BILE
and to the point. The returns of the vote on
the bill have been sent to the national head
quarters in this city, and are nearly all in. The
vote sent to-day to General George s. Mer-
rill. of Lawrence. Mass. chairman of the pen
sions committee. The committee will compile
the vote and present che bill, together with the
results of the vote, to Congress. The posts are
nearly unanimous in favor of the bill The vote
has been general and the response hearty. One
thing is settled beyond cavil. VIZ: the Grand
Army men of the country practically unani-
nous in favor of a dependent pension act, ON
bodying the above features. Whether the
President VIII be of the same mind IS another
question. Tee bill is substantially the
same as that he vetoed. In It's principal features.
An effort will be made to meet as far as might
be his objections without vitiating che measure;
but, as some or the Presidents objections were
vital, it is thought by some of the Grand Army
of the Republic officials that he will not approve
the new measure. At any rate, he will be given
an opportunity record, confronted with
the Grand Army of the Republics unanimous
vote in favor of the BILL
Il have every reason to believe that the bill
submitted TO Congress by the pension commit
tee of the Grand Army of the Republic at the
coming session will pass both houses without
serious friction and become a law" said the COM
m ander-in-chief, j. P. Rea. 1T is needless
for say that the organization is unani-
mously in favor of such law. The vote for
warded to the pension committee TO-DAY shows
the sentiment existing in the hearts of the old
veterans. don't how Congress fail to
pass it. and don't see how President Cleveland
can fail to affix his signature approving it,
The total vote taken in the various posts
throughout the country was 252, 274, and over
25O, OOJ were IN favor of the bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE snow that fell Saturday and yesterday,
though not nearly as desirable as rain would
have been, will have the effect of checking
the extensive fires that have been devastating
forests and fields in various directions. If
the snow should fortunately melt before the
ground is solidly frozen, it will be of further
service in furnishing small modicum of
moisture to the parched earth, though copious
rains are still greatly needed. If these do not
come before the ground freezes, the present
distressing situation will be greatly aggra-
waited, and farmers especially viii have reason
to feel very much discouraged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
A Mason on Trial.

Special
The Rev Henry D. Moore formerly promi-
nent minister of this citv, and for many years =
conspicuous figure IN Masonic circles, is now on
trial before the local Scottish Rite body the
charge of having violated the VOW of secrecy
which he took when entering the order He
tried about q year ago bv a commission on the
same charge and suspended. but he carried the
case before the Grand Commandery, which de-
cided that the commission had authority to
try him. In June. 1886. Mr. Moore resigned
from the Scottish Rite. but his resignation has
never been accepted. He now claims that he Is
not member of that organization. and eonse-
quently that body has right to try him. He
is a prominent member of the "Cernean' Ma
sons branch tabooed by the regular Masons,
and his friends claim that the only object is to
prosecute him. ar. Moore is editor of the Ma
sonic Review, and is at present acting as private
secretary Postmaster Riley. The trial com
menced Tuesday at the Scottish Rite Cathedral
on Broadway and is still in session. Enoc1
Carson is the presiding officer. Under the rule
of the organization the defendant not present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

The PenSsylvania Railroad Company has
establishedA savings fund scheme for the
benefit of its employees, which is to begin
operations on the LIST of January next. One
of the officers OF the company is to have the
management of the concern, and the
ployes can deposit amounts from So to 800.
The company thinks it can use this fund and
make per cent out of it, and the employees
are to be paid per cent. interest. The plan
Is benevolent in its purpose. and doubtless
will result in good to the employees of this
great corporation, making them saving in
their habits, and industrious in their work.
The Pennsylvania company already has a life
insurance scheme for its employees. which is
working successfully, and this new plan will
still further add to the good feeling which
now exists between the army of men on its
lines and the managers who have it in charge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE objection held by Senator Edmunds
Mr.. Lamar's appointment to the Supreme
Bench is. that while he accepts the results and
all of the accomplished facts of the war with
loyalty. nevertheless, as an abstract question,
he still entertains the opinion which he did
the States had the right to secsde, and that
he accepts the results of the war the final
decree of force and not as conseq uence of
the proper interpreta ton of the Constitution
as it was, or of the rights of the States in
their relation to the federal government The
distinction is obvious and important. AS a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
The Charges Against MIR. Magee.

W. w. Thomas, ex. United States Minister to
Sweden: l know Mr.. Maeee well. He is an
affable. honorable gentleman, and do not and
cannot for moment believe any story deroga-
tory TO Mr.. Magee in his private character. or in
his official relations. / know further that Mr.
Maeee is esteemed and respected in the best
circles of Stockholm, court and in official life
He is received ia the best society there. and is
everywhere welcome guest / know further
that he stands especially high in the stimation
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden I
do not believe that there is the slightest ground
whatever for the report, and am at loss to know
how they originated. 1 may say. too, that Mr.
Magee has entertained American travellers at
the legation with most open handed hospitality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE Journal has sometimes been criticised
so much baseball and other sporting news
A sufficient answer to such criticisms is that
a large class of people wish to read sporting
news, and it is the duty of a newspaper, which
the Journal pre-eminenty is, to supply the
popular demand. On this subject we call at
tention to the following experience of Mr..
George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger.
Having greatly increased his mechanical ia
cilities and the size of his paper he determined
to make a feature of sporting news. A cor
respondent says:
"This was Shock Mr.. Childs, who had
not taken any one into his condolences. for
once was shade nervous about public opn-
ion, for Philadelphia Gas one knows well
as Mr. Childs1 is very peculiar city. with
devotion to virtue that is sometimes alarming,
as we'll as delightful. But Mr.. Childs did not
have to wait long for an indication that he
garded as satisfactory. A venerable Quaker
gentleman came to call on Mr.. Childs. He
was dressed in broad -brimmed hat and shad-
belied coat of brown, that constitute the lead
ing features of the uniform OF the Order of
Peace and Good Will. i came to congratu-
late thee, Friend Childs,' said the visitor 'on
the new feature of thy paper-the sporting
news. My sons can now read that news with
out going to the papers that are filled with
other matter unfit for them TO read"
The application is obvious Excellent old
gentlemen who have been accustomed all their
lives to reading the Journal can recommend
it to their sons for its sporting news, and thus
kindly and gently wean them from reading
papers of the baser sort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

THE advocates of cooperation a remedy
for all the ills of the workingman will be
somewhat surprised at the reports published
recently in the New York Sun on this SUBJ
ject. That paper has collected statistics
from all sections OF the United States, and
finds that most cooperative undertakings
have failed here, owing to "lack of business
skill and Judgment, contentious among man.
ayers and inability to compete with the regu-
lar trade" Former efforts to arrive at the
facts concerning cooperation in France,
England and Germany showed thatits success
there had not been encouraging; and. although
the conditions abroad very different from
those in America, the successful application
Of the principles of this supposed cure-al seem
to have been impracticable wherever they
have been tried. The proft-sharing plan
ppesrs to come p-arer solution of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21

WRITING of Postmaster general Villas, Gath
says: cit was formerly said, when Repub-
lican had twenty years in Office. that it was
mysterious how he got his wealth. but here is
Postmaster general who has been in Office
barely three years and is now said to be worth
a million 1t is said. and probably truly,
that Mr.. Villas has made great deal of money
during his term of Office by judicious invest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
Fair Warning.
philadelphia Record.

There is store Of bituminous coal under the
surface of the soil in the State of Indiana. and
system of railroad lines has been built to carry
the coal to market The Constitution of Indi-
ana-ike the Constitution OF this State before
1673-has provision preventing the anaiga-
nation of transportation and mining companies.
Under these circumstances the people OF lndi-
ana will probably fall a prey to their double
ended monopoles controlling both the produc-
ton of a necessary article and the means Of
transporting it, and having the ability TO fleece
the miner at one end of the rail and tie con-
sumner at the other end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-21
Mrs. Cleveland on Her Dignity.

Ph1IadeIph1a Press.
At one of the receptions given to Mrs Clevs-
land IN this city last week the wife of a we'll
known citizen in Philadelphia found herself for
a moment close beside the Presidents wife. and
there one of those awkward pauses which
sometimes occur, even in the most polite society.
The Philad elphan broke it by saying to the mis-
tress of the White House
II suppose you left Mr.. Cleveland at Wash
ington2'
Drawing herself up to her full height Mrs
Cleveland said with naughty dignity:
s'Do You refer to the President of the United
States madame?'